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The social diets of pregnant and post-pregnant women in different groups in London and Edinburgh: calcium, iron, retinol, ascorbic acid and folk acid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Claire Schofield ,
Judith Stewart  and
Erica Wheeler
Claire Schofield
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WClE 7HT
Judith Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WClE 7HT
Erica Wheeler
Affiliation:
Department of Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WClE 7HT
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Abstract

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Dietary records were obtained twice in pregnancy and once post-partum, from 265 women in all social classes in London and Edinburgh. Some Edinburgh women, and lactating women, showed the higher levels of calcium intake. For iron, retinol, ascorbic acid and folic acid, there was a consistent and significant regional and social class gradient in intakes. This favoured English women in ‘non-manual’ social groups, leaving the Scottish ‘manual’ class, after pregnancy, with the lowest intakes. Mean intakes of Ca and Fe were consistently below the current UK recommended daily amount (RDA). Intakes of retinol were all above it, and ascorbic acid intakes ranged above and below the RDA.

Keywords

Micronutrient intakePregnancySocial group
Type
Lipids
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , September 1989 , pp. 363 - 377
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1989

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